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Lung 11 Location
Lower corner of thumbnail, radial side.
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Lung 9 Location
In wrist crease, radial side, between radial pulse and pollicus longus tendon.
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Lung 1 Location
6 cun lateral to midline in first intercostal space, inferior to Lung 2.
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Knots the qi
worry/pensiveness (relates to spleen)
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Chaotic; scatters qi
fright/shock (relates to kidney & heart)
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Slows, scatters qi
joy/elation (relates to heart)
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Makes qi descend
fear (relates to kidney)
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Qi weakens/dissipates
sadness/grief (relates to lung & spleen)
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Makes qi rise/ascend
anger (relates to liver)
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What are the 7 Emotions?
anger, worry/pensiveness, sadness, fear, joy/elation, and fright/shock
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What is the basic flow of Yang qi?
Extremities to the head/face
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What is the basic flow of Yin qi?
Chest to extremities
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Name the 6 Divisions...
Tai yang, Shao yang, Yang Ming, Tai yin, Shao yin, Jue yin
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Ren Mai is also known as what?
The Conception Vessel
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Du Mai is also known as what?
The Governing Vessel
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What organs are related to "wood"?
Gall Bladder and Liver
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What organs are related to "fire"? (soveriegn)
Heart and Small Intestine
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What organs are related to "fire"? (ministral)
Pericardium and San Jiao (Triple Warmer)
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What organs are related to "water"?
Urinary Bladder and Kidney
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What organs are related to "earth"?
Stomach and Spleen
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What organs are related to "metal"?
Lung and Liver
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Name the 5 Yang organs
Large Intestine, Small Intestine (and San Jiao), Stomach, Gall Bladder, and Urinary Bladder
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Name the 5 Yin organs
Lung, Heart & Pericardium, Spleen, Liver, and Kidney
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How does qi flow through the body? (organ to organ)
LU - LI - ST - SP - HT - SI - UB - KD - PC - SJ - GB - LV - LU
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Name the 4 functions of qi
1) Protects the body
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2) Transports qi & blood (integrates the whole body and its parts)
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3) Conducts qi to diseased areas (via point stimulation)
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4) Responds to disfunction
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What are the 5 Vital Substances?
1) Qi (Yang)
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What are the 8 Principles and what do they signify?
Interior/Exterior : Location
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Deficiency/Excess : Strength
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Yin/Yang : Yin - evil vs. righteous qi; yang - moves moisture, retreats in Fall.
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Damp
swelling, numbness, and/or heaviness, usually in the lower body
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Cold
sever pain; fixed location; better with heat/warmth. "feelings of cold"
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Wind
imprecise, migratory pain; difficult to treat; usually in upper body. "Cause of 100 Diseases"
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Heat
redness; hot to touch. "feelings of heat" *wind/cold/damp + time = Heat*
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Bi Syndrome
Painful Obstruction : stiffness, pain, swelling, redness, heat sensation, immobility, numbness, cold sensation
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Underlying Factors of Bi Syndrome
Overwork, poor nutrition, strong external pathogenic factors, unrelsolved previous trauma, elderly, emotional factors
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Treatment Factors for Bi Syndrome
Expel Pathogens
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Relieve qi and blood stagnation
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Tonify underlying deficiencies
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Define Disk Herniation
Nucleus herniates w/in disk
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Define Partial Protrusion (disk herniation)
some of nucleas pulposae exudes into foraminal space
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Define Complete Herniation (disk herniation)
disk collapses and nucleus pulposae exudes into foraminal space
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In the Five Spirits, Anger causes what?
dizziness, chest congestion, bitter taste, and diarrhea
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In the Five Spirits, Sadness/Grief causes what?
breathlessness, tiredness, depression
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In the Five Spirits, Joy/Elations causes what?
mental confusion (i.e. mania)
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In the Five Spirits, Worry/Pensiveness causes what?
digestive disorders, tiredness, poor appetitie, loose stools, and stiff shoulders/neck
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In the Five Spirits, Fear causes what?
loss of bladder and/or bowel control
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In the Five Spirits, Fright/Shock causes what?
palpations, insomnia, and breathlessness
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Large Intestine 1 Location
Radial side of index finger at the corner of the nail
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Large Intestine 4 Location
In the meat of the web between the thumb and index finger.
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Large Intestine 10 Location
Radial side of forearm, 2 cun distal of LI 11.
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Large Intestine 11 Location
Radial side of forearm at the end of the cubital (elbow) crease.
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Large Intestine 20 Location
In the depression next to the nostril.
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Stomach 1 Location
Directly under pupil of the eye, just above the lower edge of the eye socket. (small divot)
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Stomach 3 Location
Approximately 1 cun lateral to LI 20, directly under pupil of the eye.
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Stomach 36 Location
3 cun from bottom of the patella on lateral side of tibia.
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Stomach 45 Location
Lateral side of second toe just behind the nail.
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Pain in excess is describe as:
sharp, localized, intense, acute
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Pain in deficiency is describe as:
dull, achy, diffused, vague, chronic
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Lack of nourishment leads to...
Pain
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Finish: Where there is pain, there is no free flow;
Where there is no free flow, there is pain.
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Qi stagnation (from trauma) is described as:
dull, vague, less material, stagnant/deficient
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Blood stasis is described as:
sharp, fixed location, material, congealed, static
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Summer Heat
damp and cold combined
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Exogenous Factors affect what?
the Vital Substances
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Vital Substances are defined by what?
8 Principles
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What are the 4 Pillars of Examination used for?
Method for diagnosing
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What are the 4 Pillars of Examination?
1)Looking/Inspecting 2)Listening/Smelling (auscultation)
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3)Inquiry/Questioning 4)Palpation (touch/feeling)
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What does S.O.A.P. stand for?
Subjective
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, Looking/Inspection is of what 5 general sections?
1)Vitality 2)Physical Appearance 3)Head 4)Face
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, Vitality includes what?
eyes, posture, skin/complexion, spirit, facial experience, mind, speech patterns, physical actions/movement, hair, 'normal color & guest color'
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, Physical Appearance includes what?
solid/weak, posture & movement, forced posture (hunched back, emphazyma chest), abnormal movement (tics, tremors, spasms)
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In the 4 Pillars of Examinaion, what are you noticing about the head?
shape of head
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hair (dry, balding, grey, etc.)
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you looking at in the face?
edema; puffiness; whites of the eyes, abnormal movements (twitches, tracking) of the eyes; ear color, excretions; nose color, discharges, swelling, "orange peel"; lip color, mobility, dryness; teeth/gums color, dryness, "stone", receding gumline.
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you looking at on the tongue?
coating color, thickness, moisture, and distribution; coating mobility/character; rooting of coating; peeling
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you looking for in the throat?
redness; inflammation; white spots
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you looking for on the neck?
color, mobility, cracking/popping
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you noticing about the chest?
movement with respiration; depth
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you looking at on the abdomen?
swelling, shape, color
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you looking at on the lumbar region?
appearance, color, mobility, curvature
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you looking at on the 4 limbs?
color, mobility, skin condition/complexion
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you noticing about the body overall?
color, shape, movement, texture/complexion, quality (old, dried, etc.)
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According to Chinese medicine, what causes the coating on the tongue?
steam and heat of the stomach
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what is auscultation?
listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually with a stethescope
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, besides auscultation, what else should you listen to?
patients voice quality (soft, clear, phlegmy, etc.); breathing, coughing, vomiting, belching, sighing
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are some symptoms you should inquire about?
chills/fever? sweating (easily, constantly, none)? pain location and severity. Palpitations; swelling; numbness; vision; dizzyness; thirst. Hearing (ringing; diminished). Sleep quality, quantity, and dreams. Appetite; any unusual tastes in mouth. Defecation/urination: how often, smell, color. Increased/decreased sexual drive. FEMALES: menstrual function:too short/long; pain; bleeding in between cycles; no cycles/not many
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you palpating?
pulse(s): no touch, light, moderate, deep
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temperature: hot/cold, warm
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Texture: scaly, smooth, etc.
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strength of tissue: mushy; dense
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moisture: dry; greasy; sweaty
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In the 4 Pillars of Examination, what are you noticing about the pulse?
locaton, frequency, smoothness, tension, length, strength, width, and rhythm
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Small Intestine 1 Location
inside (lateral) corner of the nail on the 5th (little) finger
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Small Intestine 10 Location
at lateral end of scapula spine (inferior to acromion process), above the armpit crease
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Small Intestine 11 Location
1/3 the distance beween the inferior scapula border and the scapula spine
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Small Intestine 19 Location
in front of the ear opening, at jaw hinge
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Qi is _____; blood is ______.
Yang; yin
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The heart ______ blood; it is responsible for_______.
governs; blood circulation
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The spleen ______ blood; it ensures ____________.
makes; that blood remains in the blood vessels
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The liver _______ blood; it nourishes ____________.
stores; sinews, moistens eyes, and regulates the uterus.
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Qi commands ________.
Blood
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Blood is ________.
The mother of Qi
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Blood nourishes _______.
body fluids
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Body Fluids __________ blood.
replenish/thin
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Qi _________ body fluids.
transforms, tranports, and holds
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Body Fluids ________ Qi.
nourish
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Liver blood _______/______ Essence.
nourishes/replenishes
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Kidney essence _______ blood.
transforms
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Lungs _______ body fluids.
diffuse
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Spleen _____,______ body fluids.
transforms, transports
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Kidney _______,________,_______ body fluids.
transforms, separates, and excretes
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San Jiao _______,_______,______ body fluids.
transforms, transports, and excretes
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Stomach is _____________ of body fluids.
the origin
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Urinary bladder __________ body fluids.
excretes
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Jing's (essence's) major organ is __________.
Kidney
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Qi's major organ is _____________.
Lung
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Blood's major organ is _________.
Liver
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Body Fluids major organ is __________.
Spleen
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Shen's (spirit's) major organ is __________.
Heart
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Fire generates ________.
Earth
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Earth generates _______.
Metal
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Metal generates _______.
Water
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Water generates ________.
Wood
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Wood generates _________.
Fire
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Fire controls ________.
Metal
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Metal controls ________.
Wood
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Wood controls _______.
Earth
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Earth controls ________.
Water
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Water controls ________.
Fire
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Fire tastes ________ and smells _______.
bitter; scorched
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Earth tastes _______ and smells _______.
sweet;fragrant
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Metal tastes ________ and smells ________.
pungent; rotten
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Water tastes ________ and smells ________.
salty; putrid
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Wood tastes _______ and smells _________.
sour; rancid
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What direction is Fire?
South
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What direction is Metal?
West
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What direction is Water?
North
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What direction is Wood?
East
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What direction is Earth?
Center
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The season of wood is ________.
Spring
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The season of fire is ______.
Summer
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The season for Earth is _______.
None
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The season for Metal is ________.
Autumn
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The season for Water is __________.
Winter
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Green is associated with what organs and element?
Liver and gall bladder; wood
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Red is associated with what organs and element?
Heart and small intestine; fire
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Yellow is associated with what organs and element?
Spleen and stomach; earth
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White is associated with what organs and element?
Lung and large intestine; metal
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Black is associated with what organs and element?
Kidney and bladder; water
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